Cut Off - Part 1 Doctors

ARGH!

Well done, Paterson.

Well, things are going really good.

I haven't snapped, lost it, in months.

Court case coming up in a couple of weeks.

Probably end up back inside. Just for a while. Months.

Well. The anger management has really helped.

I'm glad.

Maria'll look after the kids.

After how I've been like, you know, with fights. Never with her,

but everyone else.

Sometimes, I think the kids are the only reason she sticks around.

I just hope we can work it out.

Although, the truth is, she says it's over.

She said she'd leave me if I ever got in trouble one more time.

She can't leave. She's got nowhere to go and then, there's the kids.

And we're not together.

Same roof. Different beds.

How does that make you feel?

I've got to ask the question, it's why we're here.

We're here cos the courts sent us.

To deal with your anger.

Have you ever even been angry?

Course.

Only I've never seen it.

Well, it wouldn't be much of an anger management class, then, would it?

If the one who's taking the class got angry.

Oh, yeah, right.

What gets you angry?

This isn't about me.

But how do you get over it?

Breathing exercises. Sessions on the beanbag.

Well, a punch bag's more my style. Punching your beanbag.

And if you did attack my beanbag, who would you be punching?

-The man you're going to prison for fighting?

-That scum.

Scum. Drug dealer.

I'm trying to work out where the anger's coming from.

Being wound up, prodded, got at all the time.

Who does that to you?

Who does that to you, Paterson?

Easy, Big Man.

She's only trying to do her job.

Are you all right?

Big Man?

My beanbag.

-What?

-If someone punched my beanbag,

then you'd see me angry.

I'm so sorry about that. Next week as usual.

I jumped in the car as soon as I realised.

Most of Letherbridge is out. What's happened to our generator?

It's not working. We've got no computers, no phones

I got here as quickly as I could.

Yeah, traffic was terrible.

Got this PCT report. I've been up half the night reading regulations

Really?

-Mrs Tembe's put me in charge.

-Good.

The less of a production we make of this, especially today, the better.

When will it be fixed?

The engineers say they can't be here for at least two hours.

So, I'm sending all the patients to the Campus.

What'll the PCT say about that?

What'll Mrs Tembe say?

That we're a shambles.

Now listen, we're going to have to take each patient as they turn up.

We're going to have to pull files individually.

We're going to have to get candles and torches

-and, sorry, but we'll have to use our mobiles.

-All before a cup of tea.

I didn't even get one before I left home.

Rob and Jack had already switched off our power.

Work on the electrics. Can you...? Honestly.

Really?

I was just phoning to see how you were doing.

I didn't get a chance to say goodbye.

What about Richard and Jayney? Are the schools open?

Did you get there all right?

I'm...

I'm n...

I was just asking.

I'm not hassling you.

I was only asking.

Stop shouting, Maria.

Maria, stop shouting.

Maria. Mar...

Oh!

You look like you know what you're doing.

I know what I'm not doing.

-It's dark in here.

-That'll be on account of the power cut.

My husband's out all day.

No, he's not. Get off. Because he's trying to fix this for you.

Pack it in, Mum. You're making me feel sick.

All I'm trying to say is that it's appreciated.

Yeah, well, let me get on with it, then

Yeah, the sooner we finish here, the sooner I can get back to my books.

The sooner you can go and see some girl, more like.

-Anyway, you're helping me at the house.

-I've got an essay!

You agreed weeks ago. And it'll do you good.

Learn you something practical.

GENERATOR WHIRS

Oh.

-You really do know what you're doing.

-Yeah.

-Ye of little faith.

PHONE RINGS

Oh, my phone.

Oh, great. Work.

I arrive with candles and the power comes back on.

Still, at least I am back before the health and safety auditors.

I am all for delegation but under the circumstances.

-Karen will be fine.

-I'm sure she will,

but as infection control and health and safety co-ordinator...

You worry, I know. I worry as a practice manager.

So, I have asked Heston and Kevin to go across to the Campus.

At least until we can ferry patients back here.

-We are turning patients away?

-We've got no choice.

Unless you want to go over and supervise?

At the Campus? And leave Mrs Hollins alone with the auditors?

She'll be fine, Mrs Tembe. You've just got to have faith in her. I'll be here.

Oh. Very well.

And how's Joe?

We're both fine. How are you?

Yeah, you know, power's back on but I've got no patients.

It was quite exciting, the place being in the dark. Erm.

What are you wearing?

A nursing bra. What do you think I'm wearing?

Daniel.

-I am not having phone sex with you.

-Oh, go on. You know you want to.

Give up. I'm so tired I could cry.

Don't. Don't. You know what it does to me when women cry.

Give up.

A man can dream, can't he?

I'll see you later.

Yeah, bye.

Ha-ha. You not getting any sleep?

Not getting any of anything.

Ah. See, I'm having the opposite problem.

-Please don't tell Zara I said that.

-Dr Granger?

Yes?

You don't recognise me.

Should I?

Becky Foley. I haven't been in since I went away to uni.

Becky, yes, of course. Hello. Sorry, most people cancelled because of the blackout.

Yeah, mine's gone too. I was hoping you'd still have yours.

I'm terrified of the dark.

Not dark.

It's mainly at night and I find it hard to sleep.

And then, I remembered you and what a nice guy you are.

Ah, that's kind. Please, have a seat.

So, do you think you could help me?

Well, how long has this been going on?

About six months.

OK. And any idea what may have caused it? Changes in your life?

Work pressure? Paying off your student loan?

No.

Any other changes you can think of?

OK. Well, I might have something we can try.

They've called me into work.

They want me to try and find who caused the power cut.

-What do you mean "caused it"?

-They think it's cable theft from a substation.

So, it's an investigation?

Which means you can do your essay after all.

Sorry. We agreed. Weeks ago.

-PHONE RINGS

-I might learn something practical.

-Yeah. Sergeant Hollins.

See you.

-You can't bring that dog in here!

-Oh, he's not harming anyone.

Will you put that fag out? And take the dog outside.

Mrs Hollins, what is going on?

The lady and the dog are just leaving.

Oh.

Come on.

Now, are you sure you can deal with the auditors?

According to recent literature,

they will be particularly interested in egress and ingress.

Specifically, disabled access.

You will be fine. I believe in you.

And, hopefully, they will not turn up because of the power cut.

-Oh, look what the cat dragged in.

-You.

Hi, Miss Domingues. I'm sorry, I can't do the vaccinations now

cos the fridges are off.

We're waiting for some fresh vaccines to be sent over

from the Campus. Sorry.

It's OK. We'll wait.

What vaccinations? They've had all their shots.

Well, you have a nice day.

PHONE RINGS

-'What now?'

-I just wanted to explain.

Say sorry for earlier.

-I can't talk.

-'I know things have been hard.'

-I can't talk right now.

-Is that Paterson?

-Where are you?

-Nowhere. CHILDREN LAUGH

Is that the kids? I thought they were in school.

'Where are you?'

Hello?

Ah. Argh!

Mrs Lane, Doctor Wilson is ready for you now.

-I can't find your notes anywhere.

-Well, keep looking.

Oh, erm...

Problems with ingress.

Egress. Access.

It's Peter Rainham and Anna Finlay from the PCT.

We weren't sure you'd make it because of the power cut.

We're running off emergency generators.

Best time for us to be here.

When could our presence be more important?

What would you like to...? Where would you like to start?

-How about a tour?

-A tour would be lovely.

Right. OK.

Well?

Nothing.

So they say.

Excuse me?

Scrap metal dealers.

-What about them?

-They're all dodgy.

-And you want to be a lawyer.

-I'm just saying.

Where would we be if the police acted like that?

Hang on a minute.

-Innocent until proven guilty.

-Well, yeah, fair enough.

"All quiet on the West Midlands Front."

"Since we're running on an emer...

"..emergency generator, it may well be

"that I'm presently the only LGBT blog running out of Letherbridge.

"But that's fine because I don't think

"that you can get too much of a good thing.

"Girlfriend and I sleep together, will work together from tomorrow

"and tonight, we start the quilt at craft group."

PHONE RINGS

Hello? Yeah, OK. Can you send him through? Thanks.

"And, as the B in the Lesbian Gay Bi and Trans rainbow,

-"I can honestly say, I desire no other woman, man, nor..."

-KNOCK ON DOOR

Come in. "..combination of either."

Sorry. It's Peter Rainham and Anna Finlay from the PCT,

come to do an audit.

-Have a look around.

-Stick our noses in.

Oh. It's a pleasure to meet you, but I do have a patient coming in now.

-Not at all.

-We'll leave you to it.

Right. Where next?

-Nah, there's nobody here. Come on.

-Feels like a wild goose chase.

Yeah, well, investigations are sometimes.

What are the chances of the power cut

even being caused by cable theft?

Pretty good.

Crime growth area, cable theft. The high value of copper.

We need more coppers to guard our copper.

Oh. Why are you in such a bad mood?

Because it's supposed to be my day off

and, as you say, we're on a wild goose chase.

My husband got it going this morning.

The engineer was going to be two hours

and my husband, he's handy, had the day off.

He's a police officer.

He's a police officer?

Well, erm...

I know it's not in the guidelines, employees, contractors only.

But sometimes you got to do what you got to do

to get the job done, haven't you? We wouldn't do it, normally.

-It's fine.

-Oh.

Well, that's what makes us cutting edge.

Obviously, safely covered.

The edge, if it was sharp.

Well, you must have a lot to do.

What with the power cut.

Yeah, well, I'm also an HCA, a Health Care Assistant.

Hmm. We know what an HCA is.

Course you do. Sorry.

Erm...

Right. Brilliant.

I'll leave you to it. Thank you.

If it's drivable, then we drive it back.

If not, we'll put it on here, all right?

Oh, get lost.

-That's very nice(!)

-And take your mutt with you.

I've just seen Maria and the kids at the doctors.

Going to tell me, were you?

First sign of trouble, you can't wait to run away.

Wouldn't see him running.

Go on, then. Get lost.

Good riddance to bad rubbish. Go to Brazil.

Stay here.

Is this standard practice - sitting in the dark with a female patient?

No.

But under the circumstances...

-How do you feel?

-Terrified.

There's really nothing to be scared of.

You've got better-looking.

Well, I wouldn't say that.

Added distinguished to the list.

What list?

Handsome, rakish, charming.

I've always gone for older men.

They know what they want and how to get it, or so they say.

-They would?

-They're right.

I'm going to switch the light on.

Why? I thought we were getting somewhere.

Even so.

I'm getting married.

I just need to get over this first.

I can't now. I'm helping my dad out.

Trying to find out who caused this power cut.

-What are you looking at?

-Nothing.

Same here.

Call me back later, yeah? On your next tea break.

-Bye.

-Three kids hawking copper cable.

-Yeah?

Scrap dealer didn't take it because he thought it was suspicious.

One of the kids had burnt hands.

-That was the bloke who spoke to them, the one driving past.

-Who almost crashed into us?

Yeah, I'll come back and speak to him later.

-Still. It's a good start.

-Where now?

-Oh, I don't know.

Where would a kid with burnt hands go to?

-I want to see the nurse.

-I beg your pardon?

Well, if it's all the same, I'd like to see the nurse, please, very much.

-If it isn't too much trouble. This being a doctors.

-The nurse is busy.

-Then I'll wait.

-Get you. Shouldn't you be in school?

-Even when the lights are off?

-Nobody likes a smart Alec.

-Not even a dull Alec?

-What's your name?

-Jason. Jason Fraser.

Right then, Jason Fraser.

You two have been very brave. Now, that just leaves your partner.

Have you got any idea when he might get here?

No, I'm not sure.

OK, well, I'll look out for him.

Now, these are for you two for being so good.

One for you and there's some colouring pens.

There you go. You go and colour those in.

-I'll see you later.

-Thank you.

-Thank you. Bye-bye.

Paterson, what are you doing here?

Hey, guys. What you got?

Oh, wow. Colouring, eh?

Brazil?

-Who told you?

-Paterson.

-Since when?

-You know since when.

-Well, you're not going.

-Well, yes I am.

-There's nothing you can do to stop me.

-So, help me, Maria.

Don't raise your voice.

Why don't we talk about this in my room?

-You couldn't look after the children, could you, please, Dr Wilson?

-Where's Karen?

The nurse is busy but I'm an HCA.

Come, take a seat here.

That's a health care assistant.

We all have to start somewhere.

Hands.

Ooh.

That must have been painful, keeping them stuffed in your pockets.

-Didn't want to put you off me, did I?

-You are a cocky little so and so.

-If the cap fits.

-How did you do these?

Friction. From my pockets.

-What's the difference?

-How we treat the burns.

Depending whether they're from chemicals or fire or...

Or?

..electricity.

No-one's been in with burnt hands. Not to any of the local A&Es. So...

-Doctors' surgeries?

-Oh.

-Which one shall we start with?

-Ha-ha.

Right, if you'd like to come through.

-Ah!

-Peter Rainham from the PCT.

Anna Finlay.

You're in my room.

We were inspecting it.

-Are those beanbags?

-Yes.

In a GP's surgery?

Have you been talking to Mrs Tembe?

I can show you the receipt if it'll make you feel any better.

-She asked me to get them steam cleaned. I got them steam cleaned.

-No, that's... That's fine.

We'll leave you to it.

Harry doesn't know.

So, tell him.

If I did, I think he'd change his mind.

Not want to marry me at all.

I'm sure that isn't true.

Really?

Would you want to marry someone you'd never spent the night with?

-So, what happened?

-That's what she said.

-She?

-Cat's mother.

-The health care assistant.

-Watch it.

OK, well, they look superficial.

But there's always a risk of internal damage from electric shock.

-Knock some sense into me.

-Why? Who does that?

Just saying.

-You, my love, need to get to A&E.

-No, ta.

-Listen to the doctor.

-I want you to do it for me.

KNOCK ON DOOR

Come in.

Oh, hi, sorry to interrupt. Rob's here.

Oh, right, thanks.

Well, I will leave you two to discuss it.

And I'll come back and check on you later.

So, what did happen?

I was trying to fix my dad's fuse box.

He didn't want to come here with you?

-I never told him.

-Why?

-He wouldn't be happy.

But why not?

He's an electrician himself. Gets upset if I touch anything.

So what about your mum?

I get in enough trouble as it is.

This on top.

Better for everyone if they don't know.

-Who's Rob?

-My husband.

-Shame.

He's a policeman.

Oh, yeah. So, why's he here?

I don't know.

I'm going and there's nothing you can do to stop me.

-You're going nowhere.

-And the children are coming with me.

You're going nowhere with my kids.

Please. Look, can we just talk about this quietly?

So, how you going to look after them in prison?

-I'm not. You are.

-Yeah. In Brazil.

-No. Here.

-No, not here.

-See. This is what it's like.

-Paterson.

-She's right.

You need to calm yourself.

-So, that's it, is it? She wins.

-It's a matter for the courts.

The same court's about to bang me up again.

Because you got into another fight.

Because I beat some scummer up for selling drugs to kids.

Who are you? Superman? Everybody always picking on you.

Wanting to start a fight.

What am I supposed to do?

-Walk away.

-No. He never can. He has to fight.

Well, fight. Fight all you want in prison.

I won't go. I'll take the kids.

-The kids aren't safe here.

-What?

-Because of you.

-You what?

Everyone's going to want to fight them too. Because of you.

Yeah, he has really has changed. Look at him.

Maria, this isn't helping. Be rational. Work it through.

Like Remy said, is it? Keep a lid on it. Stay in control.

-What good's that done me?

-We can work something out.

My kids get taken away from me.

And I'm supposed to let it happen. Turn the other cheek!

-There are official channels.

-Not for people like me.

Everything I've got, I've had to take and I'm not stopping now.

-Where are you going?

-The children.

-Do you think he'll take them?

-No.

-Then, let's give him a minute.

We've been to A&E, so now, we're doing all the doctors' surgeries.

So, if anyone comes in with burns, let me know soon as you can.

Karen?

I can't discuss a patient with you.

So, you've got someone in with burnt hands?

-From electricity.

-I can't discuss it.

He needs to go to hospital.

I'll take him. I'll talk to him there.

-He won't go.

-I'll take him to the station.

-He's just a boy.

You've got a boy in with burns and you won't let us see him?

-Oh, calm down, Perry Mason.

-Just tell me his name.

-I thought you'd fixed that.

-Karen?

-I thought you fixed that.

ENGINE REVS

ARGH.

ENGINE SLOWS

-I just want to talk to him.

-Karen doesn't think he's ready.

-His health comes first.

-I need to speak to him.

-We don't actually know he's done anything wrong.

-He's just a kid.

If he stole those cables and caused this...

Even if he did, I was up half the night reading health and safety regulations.

-His medical treatment takes primacy.

-I'm not sure about that, actually.

-Oh, go and wait outside. Who asked you?

-What? Dad.

-Leave him alone, will you?

So, what do we do now?

We need to call an ambulance. I think he needs to go to hospital.

Look, Becky, I'm no therapist.

Maybe a session with Dr Cassidy...would help.

But you're a young woman, you're about to get married

and you haven't even...

Haven't what?

-Well, you haven't...

-I'm not a virgin, Dr Granger.

-OK, but you haven't with...

-Harry?

-Right.

I've slept with him.

-But you said...

-I just haven't stayed the night.

Right. Because you're afraid of the dark.

-Yes.

-Which started when you met him?

When he proposed.

OK, look. Again, I'm no therapist, but it seems to me

that there be something else behind your phobia.

Becky?

SHE SIGHS

I'm terrified.

-I'll switch the light on.

-No. Not of the dark.

Not just the dark.

That he may not be the one.

Especially after seeing you. After all these feelings coming back.

OK, now, I am going to switch the light on.

-What's going on?

-Nothing. It'll be fine.

-Oh.

Don't cry. Please, don't cry.

Got some candles somewhere.

Well, it's a good job I bought this, then.

His smell, his strength, the thought of what's underneath.

-I said, shut your mouth.

-No, you shut up.

The animal taking you back to his lair.

Easy, Big Man!

No pleasantries, no niceties.

Just no more Mr Nice Guy.

ARGH.

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